THE NEW YORKER -noncommittal enough-and the size above that Regal, also considered safe. That left the-ah-Iargest-size limb. Well, they thought about it a lot; you ask for Splendide. Amenity W HEN a fireman's hat blows off during a run to a fire, what they do is stop the fi.re-engine. This happened in Fifth Avenue last week. One of the firemen hanging on the back of a plunging engine lost his helmet in the wind. All the fire- men yelled at the driver. He stop- ped. \Vhen the hat was recovered, the engine was off again, scream- ing and roaring. Not a rule, just an old tradition of the department. Der Champion T HE excitement has died down and the Bremen can now slip in to port with not much more fuss than an ordi- nary shi p. The day we visited it few visitors were aboard. This gave those who were a better chance to look around and t a k e removable things for souvenirs before they were all picked over. One woman whom we saw quite a bit of took a handsome, if inexpensive, nickel key such as is used to lock a porthole cover or a second- class cabin door . We learned that signs in German are pretty hard to get now, owing to vigilance on the part of the crew. So many were twisted off the walls during the liner's first stay here that the company is tak- ing no more chances. One small detail of the great steamer impressed us more than anything else. This is a system of trick maps of the ship's insides, paint- :<j \ '\ ,":I -. ".0:." ..: :...., ":--.. , . .i}: ::i:::: ::,:". ;. \. ..:i; , :":"; ..':. :" ,::': ..:. ed on glass and resting on tables at handy points on all decks. A tiny light glo ws, marking the spot where one is standing when looking at the map. Push-buttons ranged alongside the map k d " B 11 " " S . . are mar e a room, wImmIng . Pool," etc., and if you want to get to one of these places without blundering around with the possi- bility of winding up in the engine- room, you simply push the button marked, say, "Swimming Pool," and not only does the spot in which the pool is located light up on the map, but the best route to it also. This device takes the edge off the most ingenious concep- tion of the lIe de France, namely, the small niche at the head of each bed to hold one's watch and keep it from slithering around. 19 As everyone knows by this time, the Bremen is spacious, fast, has an aIrplane that can be shot off the top deck, and is modernistic, but not pugnaciously -so. Nothing flies up and hits you in the face, unless it is the slippery corridor. On no other ship do so much soaping and holystoning go on when in port. True, the writing-room and the library may be a bit obtrusive because of mot- toes and sayings inscribed on them in a loud-voiced sort of way. The library has twenty panels, each containing an inscription in a different language. The writing-room walls, on the other hand, take up only English. They contain, among other things, a wise- crack by Mark Twain, a maxim of Aaron Burr, and Ella Wheeler Wil- cox's "Laugh and the world laughs 'ø""',:: '''''''''''''':;'' :':::'''''''''' _.....,....... .. .'-*,.. . ' WN ., ':"""'<<<":ff'$,'.".r:,, ":'f:::''':' > ;:'::'-':: ,:; ::;""",,,:, :;: -... '7 At" , .N ' ;.. ''::'''' ..' _ h' *:;;;;i;:"f ",.(' ,, 4'0-: '#. f "I had the strangest dream last night."